Meanwhile, Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel Al-Jubeir, said earlier that his country has received more than one million Yemeni refugees and provided them with jobs.

However, Yemeni activists criticised Al-Jubeir’s statement, saying it was inaccurate, stressing that the Yemenis were not refugees in Saudi Arabia, but were employees and workers who helped build the Kingdom.

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